Bug#658988: [Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#658988: RFP: libvirt-sandbox -- API layer which facilitates the cration of application sandboxes using virtualization technology

[Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org>]

retitle 658988 ITP: libvirt-sandbox -- API layer which facilitates the cration of application
thanks

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 08:27:44AM +0100, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> Hi Guido
> 
> Sorry for no coming back to you sooner.
> 
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 09:45:57AM +0100, Guido Günther wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 07:49:11AM +0100, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:
> > > Package: wnpp
> > > Severity: wishlist
> > > 
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> > > * Package name    : libvirt-sandbox
> > >   Version         : 0.0.2
> > >   Upstream Author : Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
> > > * URL             : ftp://libvirt.org/libvirt/sandbox/
> > > * License         : LGPL-2.1
> > >   Programming Lang: C
> > >   Description     : API layer which facilitates the cration of application sandboxes using virtualization
> > > 
> > > The libvirt-sandbox package provides an API layer on top of libvirt-gobject
> > > which facilitates the cration of application sandboxes using virtualization
> > > technology. An application sandbox is a virtual machine or container that
> > > runs a single application binary, directly from the host OS filesystem.
> > > In other words there is no separate guest operating system install to build
> > > or manager.
> > > 
> > > One announce for libvirt-sandbox was done [1].
> > > 
> > >  [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-January/msg00516.html
> > > 
> > > libvirt-sandbox was presented at Fosdem [2].
> > > 
> > >  [2] http://people.redhat.com/berrange/fosdem-2012/
> > > 
> > > p.s.: I have not checked about dependencies required for the package.
> > It'd be great to have this in Debian. I have my hands full at the moment
> > so I won't be working on this in the near term.
> 
> Unfortunately it's the same for me. I'm mostly concentrated on Perl
> module packaging, and contributing this way to pkg-libvirt, as
> providing the libsys-virt-perl Package. But probably I do not have the
> time to look too at libvirt-sandbox at the moment.

I had a short look and it seems we have all the dependencies. We only
need a minor patch to use klibc's insmod instead of insmod.static so
let's turn this into an ITP. Help on packaging this is certainly still
welcome.
Cheers,
 -- Guido